Jakub Sobik

Progressive comms. Pole in London. Framing enthusiast. Views my own, obviously.

[Jakub Sobik @jaksobik]

@JakubMajmurek Dzieki

[Modern Slavery and Human Rights PEC @SlaveryPEC]

.@Europarl_EN approved the directive obliging firms to mitigate their impact on #humanrights & the environment.

But what influences the effectiveness of such laws?
@sofiadeaguinaga of @BinghamCentre blogs with the latest evidence 👇
https://t.co/bMzuqAajny

[Praxis 🧡 @Praxis_Projects]

🚨BREAKING: campaigners have built a message made with larger-than-life children’s building blocks outside @educationgovuk.

We’ve spelt out the message, because clearly the government isn’t listening.

🔊We need #ChildcareForAll families, no matter their immigration status!

[Modern Slavery and Human Rights PEC @SlaveryPEC]

"Victims of human trafficking are often transported with little to no say and the question I pose is what makes the Rwanda Bill any different?"

➡️New blog by Christine Mutshipay: "Rwanda scheme will retraumatise modern slavery survivors"
https://t.co/5A4eBQXSRD

[Modern Slavery and Human Rights PEC @SlaveryPEC]

The @UKHouseofLords voted through 7 amendments to the Rwanda bill yesterday.

Meanwhile, read a blog by Jane Lasonder, a member of @SlaveryPEC Lived Experience Advisory Panel, on the Rwanda scheme’s impact on modern slavery survivors in @Independent
👇
https://t.co/OpZSLZdXmm

[Modern Slavery and Human Rights PEC @SlaveryPEC]

Chris Ash talks about their research on ethical storytelling in the anti-trafficking movement,

Listen to Chris on our podcast: Transformative potential of meaningful engagement of lived experience.

Available on our website and all major platforms 👇
https://t.co/cJxaDb3Mqa

[Jakub Sobik @jaksobik]

Are there more survivors of modern slavery in the UK prisons than there are perpetrators? Possibly.

We (i.e. @SlaveryPEC) published a report looking into that, the lack of protection, identification and support for survivors, and I did a little video about it 👇.

[Modern Slavery and Human Rights PEC @SlaveryPEC]

We like to think that the Government deals with the problem by identifying and protecting survivors, whilst working to send perpetrators to prisons. Well, the reality is much more complicated.

Today we published a new report shedding light on this issue, carried out by the @Uni_of_Essex in partnership with @IOM_UK and @hibiscuscharity.

It found that there are many modern slavery survivors imprisoned across the UK, many of them convicted for crimes they committed as a result of modern slavery, and that the scale of this issue is likely larger than currently known.

The research analysed the challenges with identification of survivors in prisons and with the lack of support for them.

The research was funded by @SlaveryPEC, which in turn is funded and supported by @ahrcpress.

Read the full story on the research on our website: https://t.co/t0D1bFn5vC

[Jakub Sobik @jaksobik]

@JakubKrupa Zgadza się, do tego sama organizacja głosowania przynajmniej gdzie ja byłem (czyli w ambasadzie w Londynie) była świetna, cztery komisje naraz, ale masa ludzi do pomocy, kierowanie ruchem w kolejkach bez problemu, a wszystko z uśmiechem na ustach, aż się chciało głosować. Szacun

[Kate Elsayed-Ali @ElsayedKate]

As @Anti_Slavery ‘s former UN representative & intl advocacy lead (for over a decade), I keep re-reading this in a kind of stunned ‘this is the U.K… my country’ that has fallen SO far. Brutal day. We have to be better than this.

People seeking safety welcome - today & always

[Musa Okwonga @Okwonga]

1/ I was asked yesterday by someone to give examples of men who represented healthy masculinity and I thought, "well, it's men who don't think that being a man ultimately involves dominance over everyone in your surroundings".

[Jakub Sobik @jaksobik]

On the #WorldRefugeeDay we celebrate brave people who leave their lives behind, go into the unknown & build their lives from scratch.

It's also a reminder of how protections for them are being eroded. Here, @VictoriaTecca talks about it in connection to #IllegalMigrationBill

[Modern Slavery and Human Rights PEC @SlaveryPEC]

On the World Refugee Day, our Policy Impact Manager @VictoriaTecca talks about people seeking refuge needing protection, including from modern slavery, in the context of the Illegal Migration Bill.

[Modern Slavery and Human Rights PEC @SlaveryPEC]

"It denies them protection from traffickers, it denies them the opportunity to come forward and be identified, and work with authorities to prosecute their traffickers".
@jaksobik was interviewed by @UCBMedia on the impact of the Illegal Migration Bill.
https://t.co/M72glX67aW

[Jakub Sobik @jaksobik]

Open letter from PEN international for the release of the the Belarusian Nobel prize winner

https://t.co/Y0DaoswYVj

[Jakub Sobik @jaksobik]

When I started at @SlaveryPEC three years ago there was nothing in place, pretty literally. We've come a long way since, and our first ever Impact Report puts it in perspective. Still, a long way to go, but looking forward to working with so many people and us improving further.

[Modern Slavery and Human Rights PEC @SlaveryPEC]

We've published our first ever Impact Report, setting out what we've done and achieved since the Modern Slavery PEC was set up in 2019, including:
💥 impact on policy, laws and practice,
🔎 research,
🤝building partnerships
👥survivor inclusion.
👇
https://t.co/2pdBNqLd0K

[Jakub Sobik @jaksobik]

A short video on our Explainer on the Illegal Migration Bill’s modern slavery clauses as the Bill is heading to the Lords.

In short, the Bill would deny protection from trafficking to potentially thousands of people 👇

[Modern Slavery and Human Rights PEC @SlaveryPEC]

The debate on the Illegal Migration Bill is heading to the House of Lords, so we're publishing an updated Explainer on its modern slavery clauses & a brief fact sheet.

Here's our Communications Director @jaksobik explaining what our analysis found.
https://t.co/neOryaRdMV

[OSCE Anti-Trafficking @osce_cthb]

"The movement would benefit from having more people with lived experience involved. We need to think about what that means programmatically. We need to involve people not as beneficiaries, but as people who have the ability to make decisions." @sophieotiende, Chief Executive Officer, Global Fund to End Modern Slavery @_GFEMS / #CTHB23 watch live https://t.co/8cCh3FqIG9 #HumanTrafficking

[Jakub Sobik @jaksobik]

@TheNickyHawkins Hi Nicky, I sent you an email to you Gmail as wanted to pick your brains on a potential framing project on modern slavery, just wondered if you got it? Thanks, Jakub

[Jakub Sobik @jaksobik]

Trafficked - a story of an Ukrainian woman trafficked to the UK, and her journey after.

A must-listen podcast from @anniekelly (a proper trailblazer for reporting on #modernslavery) and @elizacasss
https://t.co/CXiKKCIUVl

[Jakub Sobik @jaksobik]

If enacted, the Bill would deny protection to potentially thousands of vulnerable people who have been trafficked and exploited...

Our take on the Illegal Migration Bill, based on evidence.

[Modern Slavery and Human Rights PEC @SlaveryPEC]

PUBLISHED: Explainer on the Illegal Migration Bill:
1⃣It could deny protection to thousands of #modernslavery survivors
2⃣Claims of ‘abuse’ of the modern slavery support system not backed up by evidence
3⃣Bill is not compatible with UK's legal obligations
https://t.co/neOryaRdMV